House Rejects Proposal to Pull Troops from Afghanistan
Filed under: AfghanistanThe House on Thursday rejected a proposal to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, news agencies reported. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Patriot Act: Congress Sends Obama Short-Term Wiretap Authority
Filed under: Senate, House, Democrats, Terror, National Security, CongressThe 90-day extension of the law gives Congress more time to consider whether use of controversial surveillance techniques should be reauthorized. Permalink | Email...
Patriot Act Passes House With Wiretap Authority — a Week After It Was Rejected
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, Terror, National Security, Congress, John BoehnerOhio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a leading critic of the law, said it gives government too much power to pry into the lives of U.S. citizens not linked with any terr...
An Emotional Congress Honors Victims of Tucson Shooting
Filed under: House, Congress, Arizona ShootingHouse Speaker Boehner, others, champion resolution honoring the lives lost in the tragedy and reaffirm their commitment to the "bedrock principle of American democracy and representative government." P...
Kucinich to Challenge for Top Democratic Spot on House Probe Panel
Filed under: House, Investigations, Obama Administration, Congress, White HouseThe incoming head of the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, is a combative conservative who could use the panel as an investigative battering ram against the Obama administration...
From a Lefty: Five Things the Right Is Doing Right
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Woman Up, Conservatives, Tea PartyDemocrats are losing ground to Republicans. Maybe they should pay attention to what the GOP is doing, like talking to average people, and listening. Permalink ...
Kucinich’s Switch, Where does that Leave the Count?
Kucinich is flipping.
“In the past week it’s become clear that the vote on the final bill will be very close,” Kucinich, who voted No last time because of the lack of the public option, said at a presser moments ago. He acknowleged that he’d be voting “not on the bill as...
Dennis Kucinich Switches From ‘No’ to ‘Yes’ on Health Care Reform
Filed under: The Capitolist
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the progressive Democrat from Ohio, announced Wednesday that he will change his previous vote against health care reform and back the final bill when the House takes it up, likely later this week. "I have doubts about the bill....
